Category: Bee kits

If you want to start beekeeping, you first need to get the bees. This can be done in two ways. First, you can simply buy bees. Packages of bees can be purchased in any special bees shop or many other similar …

Here we make comparative review of existing designs of houses for bees, their advantages and disadvantages. In ancient times, wild bees settled in caves, crevices of rocks and tree holes. Many thousands of years ago people got honey and wax. …

What do people think about honey in ancient times? In ancient China people believed that honey heals all internal organs, gives strength, reduces fever, tempers will, gives lightness to body and prolongs youth and lifetime.

Here we have interesting photo report from Nepal, Annapurna mountain area in the main Himalayan range, where the locals skillfully extract the honey of wild Himalayan bees every spring. Look at their honey extraction equipment.

The contemporary equipment for honey processing is based on the repeated use of the wax combs. Beekeepers take combs from the nests of bee colonies after filling and sealing them, make preparatory operations, centrifuge, and returned to the hives. These processes are the …

What is a refractometer honey? High humidity of honey can dramatically decrease its beneficial qualities, its shelf life. In other words, such a substandard product contains less useful amino acids. It can simply ferment, becoming ugly foam mass or fast harden (crystallize). These …

It is better to learn and catch bumble bees in nature during flowering of plants. Traps for bumblebees During flowering bumble bee long stays on the flower and, as a rule, does not notice a person. So to catch a bumblebee …

Carrying bee boxes. The basis – is a frame of wooden bars, covered with light plywood. The box has a lid and a bow to capture when carrying it. Customize the lid to the box tightly to prevent theft of …